The chamber laucnhed a new hosting complex in Buzau for offices and newly created companies in Romania. As the province of East Flanders, Belgium and the province of Buzau , Romania are twins the chamber has put the first incubation center in Buzau. This initiative has the full support from the Belgian site and the full support from the site of the province of Buzau in order to facilitate the start of new business.

Starting 2011, the microenterprise tax regime is reinforced. Thus, the entities which meet certain criteria (among which, it should have between 1-9 employees and should record a turnover less than EUR 100,000) may choose to pay a tax of 3% of the revenues instead of 16% corporate income tax. The entities which obtain revenues from banking, insurance and reinsurance, gambling, consultancy and management activities cannot apply this tax regime and will continue to be subject to 16% corporate income tax.

Romania has 9,7 million hectares and only 30% are used at this moment. Romania is currently supporting the restructuring of its agricultural industry towards a market economy. Only small changes in land use are expected. Self-sufficiency in cereals is expected to increase, consolidating their net export position. In the livestock sector,

Solar energy potential is given by the average solar energy quantity received in horizontal plane which is estimated at approximately 1,100 kWh/m2 per annum in Romania.

Romania's solar radiation map was drawn up considering the average, multi-annual data registered by the Romanian National Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology, processed and correlated with physical field observations and measurements conducted by specialized institutes. Considering the level of the registered solar energy flow, 5 geographical areas have been identified in Romania.

In 2003 from the total gas need of the EU 49% was based on internal production and 51 % was coming from abroad (manly Russia).
In 2030 the net import of gas will reach as much as 80 % of the total need. This is in fact the basis for the development of the a common energy policy at European
level.

Romania has a wide range of renewable resources: hydro-energy, biomass, solar energy, wind energy and geothermal energy sources. However, they are currently virtually unexploited, except fro hydro-energy which is converted into power both in small and large hydropower plants.

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Bilateral agreements between Romania and other countries on investments promotion and protection (click here to view);
Bilateral diplomatic relations with 177 out of the 191 UN member states, plus the Holy See, the Sovereign Military Order of Malta and the Palestinian National Authority;
Member of the UN and other international organizations, like: OSCE, Council of Europe and International Organization of La Francophonie;
Free trade agreements with EU, EFTA countries, CEFTA countries;

First, to start a business in Romania we need to know where is placed the Romanian taxation system in relation to European and world context.

This, because there is a substantial difference between the new Member States and the "the old states”, from UE (Poland, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Estonia etc). In many of the countries that joined the EU in 2004 income tax was reduced lately, Romania passing directly to an income tax cut.

When it comes to invest in a country such as Romania it is necessary to be informed about the available subsidies, about all the official bodies and the attempt to get as much possible subsidies for our investment project - implantation in Romania.

Each body has its requirements when it comes to be „eligible" for the correspondent subsidy.

There are business travel subsidies in Romania. There are subsidies for opening an office in Romania ... etc. ... etc.

The best high yield investment in Romania is investing in agricultural land and convert it to land for Construction.

Investments early in the value chain have a higher ultimate potential than mature opportunities. Intuitively one probably adds that early opportunities also have a higher risk. This is only partly true.

Romania: Lead generating by the Belgian Romanian Chamber might be something for you?

"Lead Management is a term used in general business practice to describe methodologies, systems, and practices designed to generate new potential business clientele, generally operated through a variety of marketing techniques. These processes are designed for business-to-business and direct-to-consumer strategies. Lead management is in many cases a precursor to sales management and customer relationship management. "